The Winter Solstice is today, Wednesday December 21st, 2022 at 4:47pm EST in the Northern Hemisphere.
Winter Solstice is the great stillness before the Sun’s strength builds, and days grow longer. It can be a time to rest and reflect. The energy of winter is that of going within. It’s the fruitful darkness and silence out of which new inspirations can eventually emerge.
Winter is a time of deep wisdom on the Feng Shui bagua. The Water Element is associated with this season. It reminds us to connect with our dark side and those who came before us – our ancestors. The darkness can be one of the greatest catalysts for personal growth and transformation.
So with the official start of winter let’s discuss the Water Element:
Season: Winter
Direction: North
Quality: Dark, cold, formless, deep
Nature: Ocean, rivers, rain, snow, ice
Characteristics: Withdrawn, rigid, downward
Material things: Fountain, aquarium, mobiles, art
As I have written in the past, the 5 Elements relate both to people and the environment.
The Chi or energy of WATER has 2 aspects as it relates to a person – Still Water and Moving Water – sometimes we are adjusting a person’s chi as much as the environmental chi – remembering again that everything is inter-related:
Still WATER in balance in a person (or business) provides intellectual capacity, wisdom and cognitive ability.
- If there is too little water in a person’s chi, there may be very narrow thinking. In this case, I may add some Water element to the environment in the career sector.
- Still water may be represented as a image of a lake or quiet darker color…as art of wall color.
Moving WATER in balance provides good cash flow, social connections, new opportunities and career advancement.
- Too much moving water or too little, creates imbalances in these areas…i.e if there are no new opportunities or career advancements perhaps we add Water to the environment… or if things moving too fast and they slip away before you can act on them (then we would add Earth element to ‘contain’ Water and slow things down).
- Moving water may be represented as an actual water element or an active picture of water…like a waterfall. Or perhaps a mobile or clock with a pendulum!
There are no generic formulas with Feng Shui. Every person, environment and need is unique and takes a careful, informed assessment to determine what will work.
With blessings as we take a deep dive into
this dark time of year.
The holidays certainly brighten the season.
Enjoy all you can, so that you may emerge
into the light that is alway present.
Judith & Sacred Currents
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